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From: cca13@seq1.keele.ac.uk (G.D. Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent,comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: using Sequent Symmetry to server discless workstations
Keywords: booting swaping fileserver workstations DYNIX
Message-ID: <225@keele.keele.ac.uk>
Date: 9 May 90 12:53:47 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England
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Does anyone have ideas/experience of using a Sequent Symmetry S81
as a server for discless workstations - this is boot server, swap
server and file server.

I think that some other UNIX boxes can do this (Gould/HP(?)) but
we are interested on using the spare capacity of our Sequent for doing
this. So the questions are:-

1) are any sites doing this now?

2) is it possible with the current version of DYNIX?

3) will it be possible with future (POSIX?) releases of DYNIX?

thanks,
gerry
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gerry pratt - workstation support - university of keele
email: cca13@uk.ac.keele.seq1 * tel: 0782 621111 x 3290